[Market-farming] Canopy question
Garth & Kim Travis
gartht at txcyber.com
Sun Jul 19 06:59:31 EDT 2009
Greetings,
We have a Ford Ranger, so I have a rack built above the bed of my truck
for my tables and canopies. At our market, several people drive cars,
they have trailer hitches installed. Then they use the racks that go on
the back of the vehicles to carry the canopies.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
Beth Spaugh wrote:
>
> How are you going to transport your canopy? A few collapse down to 4
> foot length, which will fit crosswise behind the front seats in some
> vehicles (old Legacy, new RAV4). They fall down where backseat
> passengers’ feet would be, in space that is challenging to use otherwise.
>
> Beth Spaugh
>
> Rehoboth Homestead, Peru, NY
>
> Farm Fresh Food Club CSA - http://rhomestead.com <http://rhomestead.com/>
>
> Garden fresh vegetables, organically grown, and pastured chicken,
> duck, and geese
>
> "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is
> used." - Wendell Berry
>
> "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." -
> Frances Moore Lappe
>
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> *Road's End Farm
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:34 PM
> *To:* gofish54 at centurytel.net; Market Farming
> *Subject:* Re: [Market-farming] Canopy question
>
>
> On Jul 17, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Mac wrote:
>
> I am new to this and plan to attend a local farmers market starting in
> two weeks. I need to get a shelter. Have been looking online at EZ Ups
> and Caravan canopies. Any recommendations?
>
>
> We had quite a discussion on this some time ago, unless I'm mixing my
> lists up -- you might check the archives.
>
> You might consider avoiding buying from a big box store; a lot of
> people have reported horrible quality from them, in some cases even
> from brands that seem to produce perfectly good tents otherwise.
>
> I have an EZ UP Speed Shelter that I'm happy with. I had an EZ UP Dome
> before that, which was OK except that in windy conditions the top
> assembly sometimes disassembled itself. The Speed Shelter is a
> commercial model, the Dome a home use model; based on that I'd really
> recommend a commercial model.
>
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
>
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